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Iraq, South Korea lift their bans on Brazilian chicken exports
Food Business Africa Magazine
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June 26, 2025
WORLD – Iraq has officially withdrawn a ban on chicken meat imports from Brazil that was implemented last month following a bird flu case on a commercial farm, according to a statement by Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry. South Korea, which also...
Iraq balanced gains and losses from the Iran-Israel conflict
Shafaq News
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June 26, 2025
2025-06-26T11:25:35+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad The recent 12-day conflict between Iran and Israel had a dual economic impact on Iraq, leaving the country at a neutral point between gains and losses, Mudhhir...
Iraq eyes first LNG imports from US
Shafaq News
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June 26, 2025
2025-06-26T17:00:36+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad Iraq is moving closer to launching its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal as it advances negotiations with US-based Excelerate Energy, a senior Iraqi...
US designates 12 tankers and Iraqi terminal in first Iran sanctions since bombing nuclear sites
Lloyd's List
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THE US sanctioned an Iraqi oil terminal and more than 30 individuals, entities and “shadow fleet” tankers on Thursday as the “maximum pressure” sanctions campaign on Iran resumed for the first time since Washington bombed the Islamic Republic’s...
US resumes sanctions on Iran-linked shipping network, targeting VLCCs and LPG carriers
Riviera
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July 4, 2025
In a statement issued on 3 July, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated 12 vessels involved in the covert transport of Iranian oil. The targeted fleet includes six VLCCs, four LPG carriers, one...
Small Nation Helps Build Democracy in Iraq, Afghanistan
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 02.01.2006 Courtesy Story Estonia is helping two nations rebuild in the wake of extremism and a violent dictatorship. Its forces are now deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq, and the country is a coalition partner at U.S....
Car Bombs Rock Baghdad; U.S. Soldiers Killed in Separate Incidents
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 04.29.2005 Courtesy Story Several car bombs have rocked Baghdad, Iraq, today, and elsewhere another car bomb killed a U.S. soldier. Multiple car bombs in and around Baghdad today killed at least 24 Iraqis and wounded at...
Wolfowitz: Former Iraqi Army Troops Could Play Role in New Iraq
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 10.24.2003 Courtesy Story As the U.S. and coalition forces in Iraq continue training Iraq's new security forces, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz said here today he has "no prejudice" against hiring members of the...
Wolfowitz Visits Officials in Northern Iraq
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 06.16.2004 Courtesy Story Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz visited several areas of northern Iraq today, spending time with U.S. military commanders and local leaders. At Logistics Support Area Anaconda in Mosul,...
Iraqi Kurdistan braces as unpaid salary teacher crisis deepens
The New Arab
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June 26, 2025
Despite the detentions, protests are set to go ahead. [Dana Taib Menmy/TNA] Tensions are rising in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region as protests are expected to resume on Thursday, driven by growing public anger over the failure of both the Kurdistan...
1st Cavalry Division Teams with Marines South of Baghdad
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 01.01.2005 Courtesy Story Soldiers and Marines of Task Force Baghdad began offensive combat and civil-military operations in southern Baghdad and northern Babil province this week, aimed at rooting out insurgents....
Troops Detain Dozens, Kill Suspected Terrorist in Iraq
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 11.27.2007 Courtesy Story Iraqi and coalition forces captured 32 suspected terrorists and killed another in Iraq over the past three days, military officials said. During an operation in Mosul today, coalition forces...
EQIQ Invests $3M in InstaBank to Support Digital Banking in Iraq
Fintech News Middle East
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July 3, 2025
Free Newsletter Get the hottest Fintech Middle East News once a month in your Inbox Venture capital firm EQIQ has made a US$3 million anchor investment in InstaBank (registered as Al Fawr Digital Bank), as part of a wider US$15 million funding...
How U.S. Energy Policy Shaped Global Stability: Ed Hirs on Oil, Geopolitics, and Economic Strategy
The Good Men Project - California
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July 4, 2025
Ed Hirs is a Yale-educated energy economist and an Energy Fellow at the University of Houston, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in energy economics. Known for his precise, nonpartisan analysis, he is a trusted voice on energy...
Local opinion: Real independence depends on clean energy
The Arizona Daily Star
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The following is the opinion and analysis of the writer: JoAnna Mendoza This Independence Day, we’ll hear a lot about patriotism and American strength abroad. But to me, as a former Marine, real independence also means protecting our people here...
U.S., Iraqi Leaders Work Together on Iraqi-Funded Project
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 3, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 10.21.2008 Courtesy Story The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is working with Iraqi officials to shore up construction on new piers and a seawall in Iraq’s southern province of Basra in the first Foreign Military Sales...
Officials Call Energy Efficiency ‘Huge Priority’ for Air Force
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 3, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 10.21.2008 Courtesy Story As the largest consumer of energy in the federal government, the Air Force has made conserving resources a priority, officials said yesterday. “We have to continue with our strategy of reducing...
Defense Department at Forefront of Energy Conservation, Official Says
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 3, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 10.20.2008 Courtesy Story The Defense Department is constantly looking for ways to proactively conserve and reuse energy, a department official said. “We’re really leading the nation in looking at energy and considering...
Face of Defense: Airmen Save Money in Iraq
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 3, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 01.05.2010 Courtesy Story Two U.S. airmen with 721st Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron here improvised a device to recharge fire suppression bottles for a Russian-made helicopter to save the Iraqi air force tens of...
Türkiye ‘silencing all weapons’ with terror-free initiative
Sabah
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July 20, 2025
Disarmament of the PKK terrorist group will soon have an official framework as Parliament will oversee details of the terror-free initiative launched by government ally Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) last year. Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmuş...